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Are we witnessing a turning point in how we tackle homelessness?
Matt Downie

Are we witnessing a turning point in how we tackle homelessness?

The UK government is finally repealing the Vagrancy Act. Crisis chief exec Matt Downie explains why it’s a ‘watershed moment’

Renters fail in bid to stop council from making them homeless to house people already homeless
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Renters fail in bid to stop council from making them homeless to house people already homeless

Tenants in Lambeth have accused the Labour-run Lambeth Council of making them homeless through section 21 evictions just months before the government is set to scrap them

Fury over secret recording of landlords joking about using renters as ‘target practice’
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Fury over secret recording of landlords joking about using renters as ‘target practice’

Members of Acorn tenants union were also branded ‘fascists’ at a meeting of the Eastern Landlords Association, causing renters to brand the comments ‘out of order’

Having to go to a food bank sticks with you – it’s time politicians knew about it
Amie Alissa Watson

Having to go to a food bank sticks with you – it’s time politicians knew about it

Good news for renters – the rental boom is finally over, says Zoopla
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Good news for renters – the rental boom is finally over, says Zoopla

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Council clamps down on Airbnbs and short-term lets in bid to tackle housing crisis
Tourism

Council clamps down on Airbnbs and short-term lets in bid to tackle housing crisis

Calls for immediate no-fault eviction ban as new stats cast doubt on so-called landlord exodus
Renting

Calls for immediate no-fault eviction ban as new stats cast doubt on so-called landlord exodus

Should tenants get two-months’ rent compensation from their landlord when they’re evicted?
RENTING

Should tenants get two-months’ rent compensation from their landlord when they’re evicted?

Labour must stop landlords hiking rents if Keir Starmer is to help working people
Nye Jones

Labour must stop landlords hiking rents if Keir Starmer is to help working people

Are landlords really selling up? Number of new homes available for rent, revealed by Rightmove
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Are landlords really selling up? Number of new homes available for rent, revealed by Rightmove

Rents in UK are rising at highest rate in decades. Will they keep going up?
Renting

Rents in UK are rising at highest rate in decades. Will they keep going up?

What do Trump’s tariffs mean for UK mortgage rates and private rents?
Housing

What do Trump’s tariffs mean for UK mortgage rates and private rents?

One in four renters struggle to get full deposit back from landlord: ‘We’re getting a raw deal’
Renting

One in four renters struggle to get full deposit back from landlord: ‘We’re getting a raw deal’

Young people quitting London over housing crisis: ‘Owning a home is a distant dream’
Housing crisis

Young people quitting London over housing crisis: ‘Owning a home is a distant dream’

Tenants win more than £250,000 of rent back from billionaire landlord in five-year legal battle
Renting

Tenants win more than £250,000 of rent back from billionaire landlord in five-year legal battle

Benefits, rent rises, and energy bill hikes: All the tax year changes in April 2025 you need to know about
Social Justice

Benefits, rent rises, and energy bill hikes: All the tax year changes in April 2025 you need to know about

Covid effectively ended rough sleeping with the Everyone In scheme. So where did it all go wrong?
Homelessness

Covid effectively ended rough sleeping with the Everyone In scheme. So where did it all go wrong?

This innovative scheme uses spare rooms to house homeless refugees after Home Office backlog blitz
Refugee homelessness

This innovative scheme uses spare rooms to house homeless refugees after Home Office backlog blitz

Big Issue founder launches bid to ban no-fault evictions as soon as Renters’ Rights Bill is made law
RENTING

Big Issue founder launches bid to ban no-fault evictions as soon as Renters’ Rights Bill is made law

DWP to ‘re-examine’ controversial universal credit rule for paying off rental debts
Universal credit

DWP to ‘re-examine’ controversial universal credit rule for paying off rental debts

Would 1.5m landlords selling up and leaving the rental market really be a bad thing?
RENTING

Would 1.5m landlords selling up and leaving the rental market really be a bad thing?

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Labour to crack down on rogue landlords claiming uncapped housing benefit for horror homes
Housing benefit

Labour to crack down on rogue landlords claiming uncapped housing benefit for horror homes

Students call for Tripadvisor-style website to shame landlords over damp and mouldy homes
RENTING

Students call for Tripadvisor-style website to shame landlords over damp and mouldy homes

Manchester is hailed as a model for regeneration – but gentrification is leaving people behind
Sophie Flinders

Manchester is hailed as a model for regeneration – but gentrification is leaving people behind

Labour says new energy efficiency rules for landlords will save renters £240 a year on bills
Energy bills

Labour says new energy efficiency rules for landlords will save renters £240 a year on bills